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Dawson 




MO HOUSE IN SEATTLE HAS HAD AS GOOD A TRADE WITH 

ALASKA DEALERS 

.A/\/D MINERS AS 

The Seattle Hardware Co. 

BECAUSE 

They Have the Largest Stock of Hardware 

They have had Twelve Years Experience 
with this Trade 

Those who deal with them are ALWAYS 
SATISFIED 

Thej' can show you some special goods made for the Yukon Prospectors and Miners 
that you can buy nowhere else. If you want the best, you can get it of them at the lowest 
prices consistent with quality, Call and see them at the handsomest hardware store in 
the Northwest, at 



819=821=823 First Ave. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



KLONDIKE MEDICINE CASES 

Just what you want for the Yukon Country, light in weight, no hreakage 

and no leakage. 




LEAD/IMG DRUGGIST 
YESLER AND SECOND AVE. SEATTLE 




GUIDE 



SEATTLE TO DAWSON 



<::i^^ 



OVER THE CHILKOOT, 
THROUGH THE LAKES 
AND DOWN THE YUKON 



— 7 'fyi'f.'oLf hf^ 
SHOWING THE 

WHITE HORSE AND OTHER RAPIDS 
MANNER OF PORTAGE, WHERE 
TO BUILD BOATS, ETC., ETC. 



PUBLISHED BY 

HUMES, LYSONS AND SALI<B3C^ OF CO«p^ 
Seattle, Washington _ _> Q**^^*- ^^ 



1897. 



TnJjA^. 



DEC 29 1897 
k'^'er of Co^f! 



TWOe'JfiLoht'^'tlVED 






1258 



Copyright, 1897, by 
T. J. Humes, Fred. H. Lysons and J. S. Sallee. 









CONTENTS. 



Arms and Ammunition 

Bennett, Lake 

Big vSalmon River , 

Boat Building 

Caribou Crossing. 

° -jj 

Cassiar Bar 

Chilkat Pass ^° 

Chilkoot Pass [[ 

Clothing .. 

Dalton Trail 

Dawson City 

Distances, Table of. 

Dyea 

Five Finger Rapids 

Game 

Groceries 

Hardware 

Hootalinqua River 

Hootalinqua River, Portage to 

Indian River 

Klondike River 

. . JO 

J-^aws, Mining , 

Lebarge, Lake 

Lindeman, Lake 

Little Salmon River 

Marsh, Lake .'!... 

Miles Canyon !^^ 

Mining Laws ^ 

Mining, Placer ^^ 

Navigation on the Yukon -2 

Ocean Route 

Outfitting .............[......... 

Placer Mining ^ 

Pelly River 60 

Portage, Hootalinqua River ^4 

Portage, Lake Lindeman to Lake Bennett 28 

Port Townsend j 2 

Rink Rapids -2 

Seattle to Dyea ^. 

Seattle-Alaska General Supply Co ig 



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14 
10 
21 
70 
6 
14 
52 
74 
10 
II 
50 
34 
66 



48 
26 
50 

34 



4 

vSelkirk, Fort 60 

Skaguay Trail 20 

Sluice Boxes, Construction of 64 

Stewart River 66 

Stikeen Route 21 

Summer Travel on Chilkoot 20 

Supplies 9 

Table of Distances 6 

Tagish Lake 31 

Taku Route 21 

Thirty Mile River 48 

Tools II 

White Horse Rapids 42 

White Pass 20 



MAPS AND CHARTS. 

Sectional Maps of route from Dyea to Dawson City, (fourteen in all).. . 17 

Route Map, Seattle to Dyea 13 

Chart of Portage from Lake Lindeman to Lake Bennett 29 

Chart of Miles Canyon 37 

Chart of White Horse Rapids 43 

Chart of Five Finger Rapids 53 

Chart of Entrance to Stewart River 69 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Boat Building 23 

Five Finger Rapids 57 

Miles Canyon 39 

White Horse Rapids 45 



INTRODUCTION. 



It is not the purpose of this publication to set forth the oppor- 
tunities and advantages offered by the Yukon gold fields, nor to 
urge or encourage people to go there. It is intended as a prac- 
tical route and mining guide for those who are going. 

The need of such a guide is attested by the failure to reach 
the interior of thousands who made the attempt during the 
past summer, and by the frequent loss of boats and even of lives, in 
the rapids of the Yukon. 

As its title implies, it is a combined map and guide of the route. 

The map, which is divided into sections covering about twenty 
pages of the book,. is drawn on a scale sufficiently large to show 
ev^ery dangerous or difficult point along the route, and to point 
out the way of avoiding or the method of overcoming such diffi- 
culties. Thus, while to one who is seeking a " Guide " to enable 
him to determine whether or not to go, it will be of little practical 
value, to the one who is going it is indispensable, as the informa- 
tion given is absolutely reliable, and being protected by copyright 
will be found nowhere else. 

Mr. Sallee, one of the publishers of the book, is entirely familiar 
with the route from Dyea to the mouth of the Yukon, and the 
correctness of his notes, from which the maps and charts were 
made, has been verified by others who have been over it the whole 
distance, both going and returning. Description is given of the 
several routes leading from Seattle to the gold fields, and of the 
railroads, tramways and other transportation lines so far projected, 
but no charts are given of any route except that by way of Chil- 
koot pass, as that is the only land route which has so far been 
found entirely practicable; and detailed description of the ocean 
route would be of no practical value. 

Each map is accompained by detailed description of the portion 
of the route covered by it, and particular attention is called to the 
charts of Miles Canyon, White Horse Rapids, and Five Fingers, 
the three dangerous points on the Yukon. Any one of these 
charts, as well as the map and detail description of the Thirty Mile 
River, is certain to prove of incalculable practical value to those 
making the trip. 

The limited number of advertisements which have been inserted 
have been selected with discrimination by the publishers, who 
guarantee the reliability of the advertisers. 



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TABLE OF DISTANCES — In Miles. 

Great care has been taken to give these distances as accurately as pos- 
sible. The estimates of different persons who have been over the route 
have been compared, and we submit this table as being the most nearly 
accurate of any which has been published. Actual surveys have been fol- 
lowed wherever made: 

From last point. From Seattle 

To Port Townsend 48 48 

" Juneau 742 79° 

' ' Haines' Mission 80 870 

" Dyea 20 890 

" Ferry on Dyea River i^ 89i;2 

" Finnegan's Point 3 894 >^ 

" Head of Canoe navigation i ^95% 

" Foot of Canyon i>^ 897 

' ' Sheep Camp 6 903 

" Stone House, 2X 905>4 

" The Scales i^ 907 

" Summit Chilkoot Pass ^ 907^4 

" Crater Lake /z 708X 

' ' Lower end Crater Lake i 909X 

" Long Lake 3 912X 

" Lower end Long Lake 2 914/4 

" Lower end Deep Lake ^4 915 

" Lake Lindeman 2>4 9^7/^ 

' ' Foot of Lake Lindeman 5 922}'2 

" Head of Lake;Bennett ^ 923X 

" Foot of Lake Bennett. 25 948^ 

" LakeTagish., 2^ 951 

" Foot of Lake Tagish 16 967 

"' Lake Marsh 6 973 

' ' Foot of Lake Marsh 20 993 

" Miles Canyon 23 1016 

" Foot of Miles Canyon ^ 1016^ 

" White Horse Rapids 2^ 1019^^ 

" Foot of White Horse Rapids yi 1020 

' ' Tahkeena River 13 1033 

" Lake LeBarge 12 1045 

" Foot of Lake Lebarge 32 1077 

" Hootalinqua River 30 1107 

' ' Big Salmon River 33 1 140 

" Little Salmon River 36 1176 

" Five Finger Rapids 55 1231 

' ' Rink Rapids , A'A 1235 >^ 

" Pelly River 53/^ 1289 

" White River 96 1385 

" Stewart River 10 1395 

" Sixty Mile River 20 1415 

" Indian River 18 1433 

" Dawson City 55 1488 



NOTE. 

The plan adopted in this publication, of dividing the route map 
into sections covering a page each, is respectfully submitted as be- 
ing the most convenient arrangement possible, avoiding the incon- 
venience of opening out double page maps, and the possibility^ 
of losing them from the book. 

These sectional maps, in order to get the advantage of as large 
a scale as possible, extend lengthwise of the pages, but the direc- 
tion or course which they take, as well, also, as the relative loca- 
tion of any particular section, will be indicated on the Index Map 
which precedes the sectional maps. These maps are reproduc- 
tions, on a greatly enlarged scale, of the latest official maps, made 
in 1897, by Mr. Ogilvie. 

The publishers call attention to the brevity and conciseness of 
this publication, as one of its principal recommendations. 

As to its accuracy and reliability, we submit the following in- 
dorsement, signed by John F. Miller, Frank E. Sims and Michael 
Kelly. Mr. Miller is ex-prosecuting attorney of King county, 
Washington, (Seattle); Mr. Sims is a former captain of police in 
Seattle, and Mr. Kelly is the well known Yukon guide and miner, 
and all have recently returned from the Klondike: 

" Seattle, Washington, December 4, 1897. 
"Messrs. Hianes, Lysons and Sallee, Seattle, Washington — Gentle- 
men : We have examined the proof sheets of your 'Map-Guide, Seattle to 
Dawson,' and in our judgment your book will be the most complete and 
practical of any Yukon or Klondike guide published. Your charts of the 
White Horse and other dangerous rapids are remarka1)ly accurate in all 
practical detail, and the use of them ought to enable anyone to make the 
trip without risk. 

"The prospector who secures your book will need no other Klondike 
route or mining guide. Very respectfully yours, 

" Frank E. Sims, 
"John F. Miller, 
"Michael Kelly." 

The reliability of this Guide is further guaranteed by its en- 



dorsement by the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and the fact that 
the Mayor of Seattle, T. J. Humes, is one of its publishers. 

The necessity for a guide of this kind, and the practical value 
of one of its accuracy, can probably best be appreciated from the 
following statement of Mr. William Ogilvie, Dominion surveyor, 
made recently in a signed story in the New York Sun: 

"The White Horse has been run by a great many boats, and by some 
successfully. But I have traced the death of thirteen men by drowning at 
this point in the summer of 1895, and I fancy that is a large percentage of 
those who attempted to run it in that year. Many who escaped lost their 
effects or suffered damage by water." 



SPECIAL NOTICE. 

The retal price of this Guide is 50 cents, with special terms, al- 
lowing a liberal profit, to dealers. If it is not on sale by your 
news dealer it will be mailed by the publishers, postage free, upon 
receipt of the price. 

Humes, Lysons & Sallee, Publishers. 

Room 426 Bailey Building, 

Seattle, Washington. 



OUTFITTING, 



Prospectors will find that the merchants' experience in the out- 
fitting trade is of the greatest possible assistance to him, as the 
selection and packing of an outfit are matters of primary impor- 
tance. In general, these matters may be left largely to the judg- 
ment of experienced outfitters, but there are some details which 
the prospector should oversee personally. The following sugges- 
tions should be adopted, and arbitrarily insisted upon: 

1. Get the best quality of everything. 

This applies particularly to flour and bacon. Get nothing but 
eastern cured bacon. It is well, even, to have the allowance 
of bacon made up in part of dry salt pork. 

2. As far as possible have all packages limited to fifty pounds 
weight. 

3. As far as possible, have everything put in bags instead of 
boxes. They should be protected, also, by an oil or canvas bag, 
and the clothing bag should be protected by lock and key. 

4. Have a commissary box. This is one of the first and most 
essential things of the outfit. 

5. The contents of each box or bag should be plainly indicated 
on the outside, and articles of different kinds, such as pepper, 
baking powder, soap, etc., should not be jumbled together. 

SUPPLIES. 



The amount of supplies to be taken depends largely upon where 
the prospector is going. If to Dawson and other down river 
points, he may rely upon getting supplies after he reaches there. 
If he goes to any of the up river tributaries, especially to the 
Pelly or Stewart river districts, he should take enough to last 
until the month of May following. A shortage of supplies to the 
prospector up any of these streams means the loss of a season's 
prospecting, on account of the length of time it would take him 
to get supplies in. 

Until the great rush of the past year prospectors could usually 
depend upon getting furs after they had reached the mining dis- 



lO 

tricts, which rendered it unnecessary to take furs in with them, 
and even reduced the amount of woolens to be taken. That be- 
ing no longer possible, it is necessary for the prospector to supply 
himself with a complete outfit. We give the following as a con- 
servative estimate of the supplies required for one man for one 
year: 



GROCERIES. 



400 1V)S. Flour, 

50 lbs. Rice, 

25 lbs. Rolled oats, 

50 lbs. D. G. Sugar, 
150 lbs. Bacon, 

25 lbs. Dry salt pork, 
100 lbs. Beans, 

15 lbs. Salt, 

75 lbs. Dried fruits, 

20 lbs. Coflfee, 

10 lbs. Tea, 

25 lbs. Evaporated potatoes, 
5 lbs. Evaporated onions, 

25 lbs. Dried beef, 
8 lbs. Baking powder, 
I Commissary box, 



3 pkgs. Yeast cakes, 

6 2-oz. jars ext. beef, 

5 lbs. Evap. soup vegetables, 

I qt. Bottle evap. vinegar, 

I pt. Jamaika ginger, 

5 lbs. Butter, 

I lb. Pepper, 

1 lb. Mustard, 

Yi lb. each, cinnamon, allspice and 

ginger, 
20 lbs. Candles, 

2 doz cans Cond. milk, 
I tin Matches, 

5 lbs. Laundry soap, 
5 lbs. Toilet soap, 

3 lbs. Soda. 



CLOTHING. 



I Suit Mackinaw, 
I Suit heavy canvas, 

1 Heavy wool overshirt, 

2 Lighter wool overshirts, 

1 Suit oil skins, 

2 Suits heavy wool underwear, 
2 Suits light underwear, mixed, 
I Large silk muffler, 

I pr. 10 to 14 lb. blankets, 
I pr. S to 10 lb. blankets, 
I Broad brimmed hat, 



4 prs. Woolen mits, 

I pr. Oil gloves, 

I pr. Rubber gloves, 

I pr. High top leather boots, 

I pr. Best heavv shoes, 

I pr. Best rubber boots, 

I pr. felt boots, 

I pr. Arctic shoes, 

1 doz. pr. socks, mixed, 

2 pr. German socks, 
I Sleeping bag, 
4 Towels, 



I Sweater, 

3 yds. Mosquito net. 

Two pieces waterproof canvas, 6 by 10 feet to cover goods. 

Extra lacings for boots, and shoemaker's thread, needles, wax and nails, 
for repairing. 

Pins, safety pins, needles, thread. 



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HARDWARE, TOOLS, ETC. 


I Yukon sled, 


I 


Wooden Jack plane. 


I pr. Snow shoes, 


I 


Extra axe handle. 


I Yukon stove, heavy steel, 


6 


Hand saw files. 


2 Fry pans, 


6 


8-in. Mill files, 


I Gold pan, 


6 


lo-in. Mill files, 


I Nest granite buckets, 




2-ft. Rule, 


3 Granite plates, 




Padlock, 


2 Granite cups, 




Tape line, 


I Dish pan (retinned). 




Chalk line. 


I Milk pan (retinned), 


5 


Cakes blue chalk, 


2 Sets Knives and forks, 




Compass, 


2 Spoons, 




Spool copper wire, 


I Basting spoon, 




Spring balance. 


I Coffee Pot, 


25 


lbs. Nails, assorted, 


I Butcher knife, 




pr. Gold scales. 


I Can poener. 




Money belt, 


I Pocket knife, 


2 


Buck pouches, 


I Hunter's knife. 


2 


Hasps and staples, 


I Whet stone. 


2 


prs. Strap hinges, 


I pr. Shears, 


5 


lbs. Pitch, 


I Miner's candlestick, 


3 


lbs. Oakum, 


I Emery stone. 


3 


Balls candle wick. 


I Axe, single bit. 


5 


lbs. Quicksilver, 


I Pick, 


I 


Pack strap, 


I Shovel, spring point. 


150 


ft. }4 in. Manilla rope, 


I Broad hatchet, or hunters'; 


5 axe, 4 


pkgg. Hob nails. 


I Claw hammer, 


1 


Draw knife, 


I Brace and 3 bits (J4, >^, ^■ 


-i"-), 3 


Chisels, {}4, H and i-in.). 


I Wipsaw with handles, 


I 


Rip saw. 


I Hand saw, 


I 


One man saw. 




FIREARMS. 


I Rifle, 30-30 Winchester, 


I Single-barrel shotgun, 


Fishing tackle, 


Ammunition. 




DRUGS. 




Portable medicine chest, con 


taining selected medicines and drugs. 



Protect Tomk Clothinq 

Experienced Yukoners all advise Prospectors 

to provide a lock for their clothing bag. 

The only practical lock bag is manufactured 

by the ALASKA MINER'S LOCK BAG CO. 
DRESS J. S. SALLEE, 



ADI 
4-26 BAILEY BUILDING 



MANAGER 



SEATTLE 



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PORT TOWNSEND 

Has always been an Alaska and Yukon outfitting point. 
It's merchants know what is needed, and how to put it up. 

PORT TOWNSEND 

Is the Port of Entry for Puget Sound. It is the head- 
quarters for Puget Sound shipping. 

PORT TOWNSEND 

Is on the route of all northern traffic, and is the last 
American port of call for Alaska-bound steamers. 

LOOK AT PORT TOWNSEND 

On the map opposite this page, and you will see win' it is 
called the Key City of Puget Sound. It is the key to 
Puget Sound commerce. 

WE CAN OUTFIT YOU 

From ID to 20 per cent cheaper than any other place on 
the Pacific Coast. 

Why is Port Townsend the Cheapest and Best Place 
on Puget Sound to Buy a Klondike Outfit? 

(Our rents are small. 
Our expenses are light. 
We know what you want. 
BECAUSE (\We know how to pack it. 

yWe are old hands at the business. 
I Our freight is put on top ot all other, 
\ and is first to be unloaded. 

WE ARE CHEAPEST 

Port Townsend secured the contract for supplying the U. 
S. revenue cutters in competition with all other cities 
on Puget Sound. 

PORT TOWNSEND 

Is the headquarters for the biggest Copper River and 
Cook's Inlet Steamship and Mining Company on Puget 
Sound. 

PORT TOWNSEND 

Has homes and hotels for hundreds of transient people, 
and will care for them at most reasonable rates. 

Address 

FRANK PLUMMER, Secretary Board of Trade. 

Port Townsend, Washington. 



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CHART 

Seattle ^° Dyea 



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SE/VTTLE TO DYEA. 



The transportation lines at present operating, with others pro- 
jected, insure ample future accommodation from Seattle to Dyea. 
The distance is about 800 miles, and the steamships make the 
run in from three and one-half to six days. The course is over 
what is known as the inside passage, being inside an almost con- 
tinuous chain of islands. No open water is experienced except 
Queen Charlotte Sound, Dixon's Entrance and Millbank Sound, 
and through those seasickness is rarely experienced, even in 
rough weather. 

Between Seattle and Dyea the regular stopping places are Port 
Townsend, the port of entry for Puget Sound, Mary Island and 
Juneau; and stops will be made at Fort Wrangel, Haines' Mission 
and Skaguay for anyone going by way of the Stikeen River, the 
Daulton trail or White pass. 

Port Townsend has always been a place of some importance as 
a Yukon outfitting point, by reason partly of it being the last 
point touched at by Alaskan steamers. 

DYEA. 



Dyea is a sub-port of entry, and the headquarters also of the 
United States Commissioner and the Deputy Marshal. Wharves 
and warehouses are projected here, but if the pro.spector does not 
wish to store his goods he can find camping ground about one 
mile back from the landing. 

Every outfit should receive the personal attention of the owner, 
to see that it is properly landed and protected. 

CHILKOOT PASS. 

The winter and spring trail follows the bed of the river from 
Dyea to the foot of the canyon, a distance of about seven miles. 
From there the trail turns to the right and follows up the bed of a 
small stream putting into the Dyea river, to Sheep Camp, about 
six miles beyond. This point, Sheep Camp, should be made the 
first permanent camping place after leaving Dyea. There is no 
timber between there and Deep lake, a distance of about eleven 



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miles, and therefore this latter point is to be made the next per- 
manent camping place. 

The moving of the outfit between these points requires care and 
the exercise of good judgment. It can be sledded to the Scales, 
and from that point has to be packed to the summit, a distance of 
about three-fourths of a mile. The whole outfit should be taken 
from Sheep Camp to the summit as rapidly as possible, and there 
cached. The goods here should be well covered and protected, as 
it frequently happens that a sudden storm prevents their being 
moved from this point for many days at a time, and is also some- 
times true at Sheep Camp. In moving over this distance your 
personal comfort should be looked after, and heavy clothing taken 
along for protection in case of a sudden storm. It is the custom 
of old miners, also, to put in their outfit some dry kindlings and 
wood for use in case of an emergency. 

From the summit the outfit should be taken over the ice until 
open water is reached. In early travel this is usuall}^ as far as the 
foot of Lake Marsh, and sometimes even to the foot of Lake Le- 
barge. This is the beginning of Thirty Mile river, in which, on 
account of the swift current, the ice freezes in hummocks, along 
which there is more or less open water, rendering it impracticable 
to sled. 

What is known as winter and spring travel on the Chilkoot, 
continues usually until about the middle of May; that is, the 
transportation of goods on the ice and snow, by means of sleds. 
During this period the conditions for transportation are usually 
most favorable during the month of March; and as a usual thing 
those who leave Seattle during Februar}^ are as far advanced as 
those who leave earlier. 

The length of time required to take an outfit from Dyea to the 
summit is problematical, depending upon the prospector's experi- 
ence, conditions of the weather, size of the outfit, etc. Under 
ordinarily favorable circumstances a man moving his outfit alone 
will get it from Dyea to the summit in about two weeks. This 
is not taking into consideration, on the one hand, delays by 
storms, nor on the other, any assistance he might have from others, 
or with dogs. 

In the spring of 1895, Mr. Sallee made the trip from Seattle to 
the Klondike river, by way of this pass, in thirty days, without 
dogs, having an outfit of 900 pounds. 



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HUGH C. WALLACE, President 

W. G. PEARCE, Vice-President 

A. T. PRICHARD, Treasurer 

GEORGE McD. ARKLEY, Acting Secretary 

NELSON BENNETT, General Manager 

A. McL. HAWKS, Chief Engineer 



This Company has at the present time (December 5th, 1897), 
a railroad under construction from Dyea to the mouth of Dyea 
Canon. It will be completed by December 15th. The company 
also has under construction an aerial tramway, of the Bleichert 
system, made by the Trenton Iron Company, of Trenton, N. J. 
connecting the terminus of the railroad at Dyea Canon with 
Crater I^ake, running over the summit of Chilkoot Pass. The 
cable system will be in operation by January 15th. Its capacity 
will be 150 tons per day. Passengers can step off the steamer at 
Dyea and with their freight and outfits be landed on Lake Lind- 
erman, the headwaters of the Yukon in twenty-four hours. 

The completion of this line solves the problem of cheap, easy 
and expeditious transportation to the Klondike, as it removes 
the peril and hardship of the trip, greatly reduces the expense 
and saves thirty days time. 

The schedule of rates will be fixed January ist, and will be 
furnished upon application. 

Address all communications to 

Chilkoot Railroad &Transport Company 

TACOMA, WASHINGTON 



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kOAWSON CITY 



INDEX MAP 




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The Seattle=Alaska general Supply 
Company 

Can Fit Yoii Oot Complete From One Estaliliskent 

EVERTTHING YOU NeED IN All LiNES 



■♦•■••.♦♦- 



THE MINERS AND PROSPECTOR'S HEADQUARTERS 

LARGE READING ROOM IN CONNECTION 



We solicit the Alaska Outfitting Trade of the 
future, and therefore, guarantee everything which 
leaves our establishment. 

Estimates cheerfully furnished and all informa- 
tion desired promptly given, either personally or by 
mail. 

DEXTER HORTON BANK BUILDING 

(SIX FLOORS) 

106-108-110 WASHINGTON STREET SEATTLE 



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20 

SUMMER TRAVEL ON THE CHILKOOT 



Begins after the snow and ice have gone. The trip is then more 
difl&cult. Goods may be freighted on wagons to Finnegan's Point, 
a distance of about four and one-half miles from Dyea, and from 
there pack horses may be used as far as The Scales, which is 
within three-quarters of a mile of the summit. It is a difficult 
matter to get horses over the summit, but during the past summer 
four or five sure-footed and experienced pack horses were taken 
over, and used to advantage between there and Lake Lindeman. 
In the absence of horses goods may be packed the whole distance 
from the summit to Lake Lindeman, about nine miles, or they 
may be ferried across the intervening lakes (Crater, Long and 
Deep lakes), which aggregate nearly four miles in length. 

Or, leaving Dyea, goods may be freighted in boats or canoes on 
the Dyea river to the head of canoe navigation, a distance of about 
five and a half miles. The Dyea is a swift and somewhat 
treacherous stream, and boating or canoing up it is difficult and 
accompanied by some risk to the outfit. 

An aerial tramway is now being constructed from Dyea to Lake 
Lindeman, by the Chilkoot Railroad & Transport Company, of 
Tacoma. The line will be in operation by the first of February, 
and the company propose, for a moderate charge, to relieve pros- 
pectors of the trouble and risk ot transporting their goods across 
this pass. 

OTHER ROUTES. 



Besides the Chilkoot pass, the chart of which is published in 
these pages, the land routes into the Yukon are the White pass, 
or Skaguay trail, the Chilkat pass or Dalton trail, the Stickeen 
route, and the Taku or Juneau route. 

White Pass or Skaguay Trail. During the summer of 
1897 this route was extensively advertised, and probably upwards 
of four thousand people attempted to cross it. Of these, only an 
insignificant number reached Lake Bennet in time to go down the 
river, the pass having proven a failure. Late in the summer, 
when the impracticability of the trail became apparent, the citizens 
of Skaguay sent a corps of engineers into the field to lay out a 



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new route. It is stated that this has been done, and that a wagon 
road is now being constructed along it, and that a tramwaj^ is also 
being constructed. 

The Stickeen Route. Starting at Fort Wrangel, at the 
mouth of the Stickeen river, this route leads up the river for a 
distance of about 150 miles, to Telegraph creek, and from there 
it is about 150 miles along the trail to Lake Teslin, which opens 
into the Hootalinqua river, a tributary of the Yukon. 

The trip up the Stickeen river is made by steamer. It requires 
considerable time on account of the difficulty of navigation, some- 
times being as long as two weeks making the trip. The trail 
from Telegraph creek to Lake Teslin is said to be easy, with 
some grass along the way for horses. Lake Teslin is about 
80 miles long. There seems to be some question whether the 
Hootalinqua river, into which Lake Teslin opens, is navigable at 
its headwaters. 

Taku Route. The route, leading from the head of Taku 
inlet to Lake Teslin, has been looked upon as a feasible route for 
a railroad, principally because of the slight elevation, as com- 
pared with some of the other routes. But its practicability in the 
absence of a railroad, remains to be demonstrated. 

Dalton Trail, or Chilkat Pass. This trail starts at 
Haines' Mission, on Chilkat nilet of Lynn canal, and travels about 
three hundred miles of countr)^ and strikes the Yukon near the 
Pelly river. In some respects it is a route to be favored. Its dis- 
tance is against it, but there is plenty of feed along the route 
for pack animals, and the grade is easy. It is the favored route 
for driving in cattle, or taking large pack trains during the sum- 
mer season when the ground is free from snow. It intercepts the 
Yukon below all the dangerous rapids except the Five Fingers. 

The summit of this trail is about forty-five miles from the coast, 
and the elevation about 3,000 feet. Dal ton's trading post is about 
100 miles from the coast. Along the valleys it is well timbered. 
The route is used largely by miners returning from the interior in 
the late fall or early winter, to avoid the difficulty of poling up 
the Yukon, and to cut off the White Horse rapids, the Canyon 
and Thirty-Mile river. 

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BOAT BUILDING. 



The fact that more than one-third of the distance from Seattle 
to Dawson City has to be made in small boats, and that small 
boats furnish the only means of transportation from one district to 
another, will indicate the attention which this item of the journey 
demands. 

The conditions demand, first, a boat large enough to carry the 
outfit, and substantially built, and second, a boat capable of trans- 
porting goods up stream as well as down. 

The difficulties of the Canyon, the White Horse and other 
rapids are such that a boat must be strongly built, and it should 
be at least twenty feet long. If it is to be carried in with the out- 
fit it should be in sections; the shorter the better, as it is prac- 
tically impossible to carry boat lumber of full length over the pass. 

For up river transportation nothing but the batteaux pattern is 
practicable, on account of the swift current, both of the Yukon 
and its tributaries. 

As elsewhere stated in these pages, in spring travel the pros- 
pector should go as far as possible on the ice. He will then con- 
struct his boat when open water is reached. Timber for boat 
building may be found most anj^where from Lake Ivindeman on 
down, that along Lake Marsh and in that vicinity being more ac- 
cessible and of a better grade than along Lake Lindeman or Ben- 
nett. If the portage is made from Lake Marsh across to the 
Hootalinqua river, good timber for boat building may be found 
all along this stream. 

The first thing necessary to the construction of a boat is the 
building of a saw-pit. This is done by putting up horizontal 
supports seven or eight feet above the ground, on which the logs 
are placed for sawing, one man beneath and one on top. The 
distance these supports are apart depends upon the length of the 
boat to be built, but they are usually about sixteen feet apart. 
Sometime four trees can be found which can be cut down for these 
supports to rest on, if not they will have to be constructed. Great 
care should be taken to have the saw-pit substantially built, to 
avoid accidents from any of the timbers slipping out of place. 

The log should be securely fastened to these supports and each 
edge slabbed off, then turned down and sawed into boards }i of 



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an inch in thickness, the loj? being carefully lined both on top and 
bottom so as to get the boards of uniform thickness all the way- 
through. For convenience the log should be thus marked off 
into the full number of boards it will make before starting to saw 
it, and each board can then be sawed down to the first support 
before moving the log. 

The boards usually need some dressing, and the slabs ma}- be 
used for oars and cross-timbers for the boat. 

It is reported that a syndicate has secured concession from the 
Canadian government of the timber along these lakes, which, if 
true, will throw the most serious obstacle 3'et encountered in the 
way of the prospectors constructing their own boats. 



LAKE LINDEMAN. 

In summer travel, the river journey begins at Lake Lindeman. 
It is about five miles long, with an average width of about one 
mile, and can be crossed at all times without difficulty. There is 
timber for boat building at the head of the lake, but it is of an in- 
ferior quality, and somewhat inaccessible. Some adopt the 
method of improvising a raft here to convey their goods further 
down where better timber can be found. 

The outlet of this lake is the stream connecting it with Lake 
Bennett, where a portage has to be made. 



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It is the Only Practical Yukon Boat Because: 

1. Built expressly for the Yukon trip, and STRENGTH IS THE 
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2. Built in sections, no part being over four feet long. 

3. Total weight, 200 pounds, and may be divided into sections weigh- 
ing about 35 pounds each. " 

4. May he taken apart or put together in twenty minutes, and done 
any number of times without trouble or injury. 

5. No nails, screws, pitch, oakum or other such substance used. 

6. May be shortened by taking out one or more sections. 

7. Built in either skiff or batteau pattern. 



Last year but two boats were taken over the trails, on account of in- 
convenience of packing. THIS BOAT MAY BE CARRIED AS CON- 
VENIENTLY AS A SACK OF FLOUR. 

No delay at the lakes in building boats of inferior timber. 

Ferry charges saved at Crater Lake and other lakes, by putting boat 
together temporarily. 

The demand for this boat already exceeds the manufactured supply. 
They will be manufactured on advance orders upon remittance to the 
Puget Sound National Bank, Seattle. Twenty Foot Boat, $50. 

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PORTAGE FROM LAKE LINDEMAN TO LAKE 
BENNETT. 



In making the trip down the lakes after the ice breaks up the 
boat will have to be run through from Lake lyindeman to Lake 
Bennett empty, or practically so, and the goods portaged around. 

This portage is less than a mile in distance, and is one of the 
points at which a tram is projected. It is a good road with but a 
slight elevation, and the boat and outfit can be transferred in a 
day. The commissary box, which is usually the most inconveni- 
ent thing to carry, may be left in the boat. 

By the exercise of ordinary caution the boat can be run through 
without danger of injury. There is opportunity to carry a line 
down the right hand bank, and as a matter of safety this should 
be done, with one man in the boat to direct its course and keep it 
clear of rocks. It may be necessary to portage the boat between 
the points "B" and "C" marked on the chart, depending upon 
the volume of water. If the boat is not portaged it should be 
taken down the right hand bank, and particular care taken to 
avoid the projecting rock on the left hand bank opposite this 
point. A dotted line on the chart indicates the boat's course. 

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LAKE BENNETT. 



Lake Bennett, into which the portage from I^ake Linderman 
opens, is about twenty-five miles long. For the first twelve miles 
it is scarcely more than a mile wide, and from this point, where 
an arm enters it on the left, it will average about five miles in 
width. There is always a strong wind on this lake, particularly 
the narrow strip at the head. In the spring the prevailing winds 
are north, and in the fall, south; though of course they shift more 
or less at all seasons. It is impossible to cross the lake in the 
face of a south wind, and boats are sometimes delayed at the head 
of the lake for days at a time. The course is along the right 
hand shore, as indicated on the charts. 



CARIBOU CROSSING AND TAGISH LAKE. 



Caribou Crossing, so called because it is the crossing place for 
the bands of caribou in their migration south in the fall and re- 
turn in the spring, connects I^ake Bennett and Tagish lake. The 
channel is crooked and shallow, and the current moderate. 

What is known as Windy Arm enters Tagish lake from the 
right about two miles below Caribou Crossing. Strong winds 
blow directly across the lake opposite the arm, from about ten 
o'clock in the morning until evening, and many boats are wrecked 
here. The most favorable time to cross the lake is in the evening 
or at night, and the boat's course should be kept well to the left 
hand shore. 

The Canadian police and customs officers are located on the 
bank of the river connecting Tagish Lake and Lake Marsh, about 
one and a half miles below Tagish Lake. 



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LAKE MARSH. 



Lake Marsh, which is about six miles below Tagish lake, is 
connected with it by a wide river with a sluggish current. This 
lake is a fine body of water about twenty miles in length, with an 
average width of from two to four miles. At the head of the lake 
the water is very shallow. There is good timber at the foot of 
the lake, and along the left shore, and the right shore is bordered 
by a broad valley, back of which are rolling hills. The val- 
ley and hills have a growth of grass but no timber. 

Lake Marsh is entered on the right at the foot by the Mc- 
Clintock river, and here is the starting point for what is known 
as the 

PORTAGE TO HOOTALINQUA RIVER. 

The McClintock river drains a low rolling country to the east 
of Lake Marsh, and in the earl)^ spring goods may be sledded up 
the river for a distance of some twelve miles, and the stream which 
puts into the north side of the river should be followed from here 
for a distance of about four miles, thence a northeasterly direction 
taken for about five miles, which will take you across the divide. 
From here any of the gulches leading down to the Hootalinqua 
river may be taken. • ' 

The distance across this portage is not to exceed thirty-five 
miles, and b)- taking it and going down the Hootalinqua to its 
junction with the Yukon, or Lewes, all the bad waters of the lat- 
ter are avoided except the Five Finger rapids. The trip down 
the Hootalinqua may be made as far as possible on the ice, as 
there is good timber all along for boat building. 

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MILES CANYON. 



Leaving lyake Marsh behind, about twenty-three miles below is 
encountered Miles Canyon. 

This is the first bad piece of water reached after leaving Lake 
Bennett, and in some respects is the most dangerous part of the 
river. 

The approach to the canyon will be detected by the increase 
in the current of the river, which is quite perceptible for about 
three miles above it, and occasional boulders will be seen. In 
the approach care should be taken to keep near the right hand 
bank, and a landing may be safely made in the eddy on the right 
hand side at the head of the can5^on. 

The canyon has an average width of about one hundred feet, 
between walls of solid rock rising from fifty to one hundred feet 
in height, its peculiarity being the fact that the water cones up in 
the center, being from three to four feet higher than at the sides. 

In making the start through the boat should be pulled well out 
into the stream as indicated on the chart, and kept on the crest of 
the cone, with one man at the oars and another steering. About 
half way through the river broadens out into a basin on the left 
hand side, reducing the cone to the level of the river, and forming 
a whirlpool. The boat's course should be directed slightly to the 
right, cutting through the edge of the whirl, and directed onto 
the crest of the cone below. 

Near the foot of the canyon is a large rock about the middle of 
the river, the course being to the right. At high water this rock 
is submerged, but its location can be determined by the general 
appearance. The landing is on the right hand bank just below 
the rock. 

The boat, to make this run successfully, must be strongly built 
and not too heavily loaded. In fact, experienced Yukoners make 
it an imperative rule to portage a portion of their outfit around the 
trail indicated on the chart, so that they will not be left helpless 
in case of an accident, as it would be impossible to save anything 
from the wreck. 



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WHITE HORSE RAPIDS. 



About three miles below Miles Canyon are the famed White 
Horse Rapids. The first indication the navigator has of this point 
is a sharp turn of the river to the left, and directly facing him on 
the right bank is a white bluff rising some 300 feet. At the 
lower end of this white bluff is a formation which is slightly in- 
dicative of a horse's head, and these characteristics give the place 
its name. This course of the river continues for about a quarter 
of a mile, when it makes a square turn to the right, and then 
comes the White Horse proper. 

The river follows a straight course for about one-half mile be- 
tween almost perpendicular walls twelve or fifteen feet high. The 
river is about 150 feet wide, and as at the Canyon no landing can 
be made after once entering its rushing waters. As at the Can- 
3^on, also, the great danger is at the foot of the course, where the 
river narrows, and a ledge of solid rock projects from the left hand 
bank fully half way across. The rush of the waters through this 
gorge necessarily concentrates its force at this point, and the waves 
are from three to five feet high, and come in such rapid succession 
that a boat which is less than 18 or 20 feet long, with any thing 
of a load in, cannot pick up the second wave, but plunges beneath 
its deadly waters. 

Upon reaching the White Horse, landing should be made at 
the point "A" marked on the chart, on the left hand shore at the 
first bend, at which point will be found Kelly's Danger Post, and 
the boat should be kept well in to the left shore for half a mile 
above this point. From this point the boat should be let down by 
line to the point lyanding " B " marked on the chart. From here 
on through, one of two plans may be adopted. The boat with 
outfit may be let down by line to the reef at the lower end; or, the 
outfit may be portaged from Landing "B" to the landing indi- 
cated below the reef. In case the first plan is adopted, the whole 
outfit, including the boat, should be portaged across this reef of 
rocks, a distance of about 150 feet. 

This plan involves some risk to the outfit, which can be avoided 
by adopting the second plan, viz., of portaging the goods from 
Landing " B." In this case the boat has to be portaged across 
the reef below. Another plan which some adopt, is to portage 
the boat from Landing "B," where there will be found a trail 
with skids for boats, as indicated on the chart, leading to the point 
below the reef. 

Under no circumstances should the attempt be made to run the 
boat from Landing "A" to Landing " B " without a line. 



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LAKE LEBARGE. 



For twenty-five miles below White Horse rapids no difficulty 
will be encountered, the widest channel being followed to avoid 
shoals and islands. About thirteen miles down the Tahkeena river 
puts in from the west, Lake LeBarge being about twenty miles 
below. 

This is the last one of the lakes, and is regarded as a bad piece 
of water, being the most treacherous of all the lakes. It is about 
thirty-two miles long, and about halfway down it is a small island 
lying somewhat toward the left bank. 

The boat's course is along the left hand or west bank until this 
island is passed. The outlet to the lake is on the east side of the 
lower end, and if there is no wind a straight course may be taken 
to the outlet from the lower end of the island. If the weather is 
at all unfavorable, however, the west shore should be followed 
the whole distance around. 

It is essential to follow the west bank, for in the event of being 
caught in a storm, the high and abrupt bluffs render it impossible 
to land anywhere along the east shore. 



THIRTY MILE RIVER. 

The stretch of river from the foot of Lake LeBarge to the 
mouth of the Hootalinqua river, a distance of about thirty miles, 
is of so distinctive a ch'aracter that Yukoners have given it a 
distinguishing name, it being known as The Thirty Mile river. 

It is a decidedly bad piece of water, the river being swift, 
crooked and full of rocks and boulders, and the channel in places 
quite narrow. It takes about three and a half hours to run the 
thirty miles, but during the whole time the best boatmen have 
their ability taxed to the utmost, and constant vigilance is re- 
quired to keep the boat in the channel and free from the obstruc- 
tions, the difficulties being enhanced by "sweeps" (trees with 
their tops reaching out into the stream) , and which would be 
fatal to any boat coming in contact with them. No attempt 
should be made to run this stream until it is entirely free from 
ice. 



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THE HOOTALINQUA, BIG SALMON AND LITTLE 
SALMON RIVERS. 



The Hootalinqua river is navigable for light draft steamers to 
Lake Teslin, the current being much milder than the I^ewes. 
Much gold has been found along it, as well as along the Big Sal- 
mon and lyittle Salmon rivers. The Big Salmon is about thirty- 
three miles below the Hootalinqua, and the Little Salmon about 
thirty-six miles further down, all of these rivers coming in from 
the east. The Little Salmon is very swift, and can be run with 
boats but a short distance. Nothing but surface prospecting has 
been done on any of these streams, bedrock not having been 
reached so far as known. Some good quartz prospects have been 
found on the Little Salmon. 



CASSIAR BAR. 



For miles below the mouth of the Hootalinqua there are numer- 
ous bars, the one known as the Cassiar being about twenty miles 
distant, and on the west side of the river. Gold has been found 
on many of them, the Cassiar having been the most productive. 
Many small streams put into the Lewes all along here, and the in- 
dications are that it is a good country for prospectors. 



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FIVE FINGER RAPIDS. 



This point on the river is one of nature's beauties. Five Fin- 
gers proper is formed by perpendicular walls of solid rock project- 
ing from each side and rising almost perpendicular to a height of 
some fifty feet, with three piers between, rising to about the same 
height, and from forty to sixty feet apart, looking as though 
nature had intended to span it with a bridge. 

About five miles above will be observed a tunnel which has 
been run into the bank on the right hand side, at an elevation of 
about twenty -five or thirty feet, from which a fair quality of coal 
has been taken. From this point on, a perceptible increase in the 
current will be noticed. The course is al<mg the right hand shore, 
and a landing should be made at the point indicated on the chart, 
just above the fingers. The course from this point through the 
Five Fingers should be taken as indicated on the chart, through 
the right hand or east channel, and a landing may be made about 
two hundred yards below, at the point indicated on the chart. 

A trail leads over the bluff between these landings, but it is a 
difiicult trail, and goods cannot be portaged over it. A trail also 
leads down to the point overlooking the Five Fingers, and the 
view from the point is very impressive. 

The up river course for boats is along the west shore, where the 
boat may be taken up with a line, and portaged across the pro- 
jecting point, as indicated on the chart. 



RINK RAPIDS. 



Rink Rapids, about four and a half miles below Five Fingers, 
will give the navigator no trouble if he keeps along the right 
hand or east shore. 

In making a trip up river the boat is to be portaged across these 
rapids, on the west shore, as indicated on the chart. 



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PELLY RIVER. 



This is one of the largest tributaries of the Yukon. In fact the 
Yukon is formed by the confluence of the Lewes and Pelly rivers, 
about fifty-eight miles below the Five Finger rapids, and about 
three hundred and fifty-seven miles below lyake Lindeman, which 
is really the headwaters of the Yukon. 

Opposite the mouth of the Pelly are the ruins of old Fort Sel- 
kirk, which was pillaged and burned by the coast Indians in 1852. 

The Pelly river drains a vast countr}^, and is navigable for 
several hundred miles. Mining has been done along it to some 
extent, and some good prospects have been found on McMillan 
river, one of its tributaries, but very little has been done on bed- 
rock. 

FORT SELKIRK. 



Fort Selkirk is on the west bank of the Yukon, a few miles be- 
low the Pelly. Here is a trading post and a mission, and quite 
a fur trade is done by the Alaska Commercial Company. 

PLACER MINING ON THE YUKON. 



Nowhere in the history of placer mining will the same condi- 
tions be found as exist in the great Yukon basin. While the 
methods of placer mining vary in different districts, this country 
seems to set at defiance the history of the whole mining world. 
This explains why the most successful strikes have been made al- 
most uniformly by inexperienced miners, while the richest dis- 
tricts have been passed over bj^ men whose experience in mining 
elsewhere was almost unlimited. 

Miners have been up and down the Klondike for years with 
pick, shovel and pan, without encouraging results. In fact, they 
have concurred in the opinion, based on their experience else- 
where, that there was no gold on the east side of the Yukon, below 
Stewart river. 

Miller creek, which was for several years considered the richest 
in the entire Yukon country , was prospected three dififerent times, 
and on each occasion was given up as worthless; yet it turned out 
to be the richest creek known prior to 1896. 



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As in other districts, prospecting is of course done with the 
gold pan, but that alone must not be depended upon. There is 
but one way to determine what there is in a prospect, and that is 
by going to bed rock. This is slow, discouraging and of course 
often fruitless work. A shaft must be sunk, but this can only be 
done through the frozen earth b}^ first thawing the ground. The 
shaft should be large enough to admit of a man working in it 
without inconvenience. One good fire will thaw from six to ten 
inches, and the process of removing the thawed dirt and rebuild- 
ing the fire is to be continued until bed rock is reached. 

If the shaft has not struck the pay streak it will be necessary to 
tunnel across. This is done by thawing and removing the dirt 
from the side, as in sinking the shaft. The depth to bed rock 
varies all the way from five to twenty feet. It is difiicult to give 
any estimate of the amonnt of earth that can be removed from the 
shaft or tunnel in a given length of time, as it depends upon the 
condition of the ground, the kind of fuel used, and many other un- 
certainties, but probably from one to three feet a day would be a 
fair estimate. 

Some judgment must be exercised in selecting the place for 
sinking the shaft. As a usual thing the course of most of the 
streams has changed; and where this is the case the shaft should 
be located on the former bed of the stream. 

There is no doubt but that it is the hardest country in the his- 
tory of mining in which to prospect, on account of these adverse 
conditions. If the shaft has to be sunk to any considerable depth 
the smoke and gas from the fires are disagreeable and injurious, 
but bed rock must be reached to test the value of the prospect. 

It can readily be seen that an entire summer's work may be lost 
in sinking a shaft and tunneling on a prospect which turns out to 
be worthless. 

If pay gravel is struck it is put on the dump during the winter 
months. This is done by continuing the thawing process as in 
sinking the shaft, a man above hoisting the gravel out with a 
bucket and windlass. This pay dirt is then washed out in sluice 
boxes when the spring thaw comes. 



MARK YO^UR^ GOODS IN Q^JHqq| [,gj|,,(jgj| g^J TfgnSpOrt CO. 



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CONSTRUCTION OF SLUICE BOXES. 



I/Umber for sluice boxes may be whip-sawed, in the same man- 
ner as for boats. The sluice boxes should be about ten inches 
high and twelve or fourteen inches across the bottom. They are 
usually made in lengths of twelve or fourteen foot lumber, the 
number of lengths used depending on the number of men work- 
ing; requiring about four lengths to two men. 

Riffles are made in various ways. Probably the best way is 
to make them with small, round poles about six feet long running 
lengthwise in the sluice box, and about an inch and a half or two 
inches apart. The poles should not be fastened to the box, but 
should be made into frames so they may be removed. This may 
be done without nailing the poles into the end elects, b}' boring 
holes in the elects and sharpening the ends of the poles to fit in. 
There should be two of these riffles, and below them at the end of 
the sluice box, another set of riffles about the same length, but made 
with slats about one inch square, and about the same distance be- 
tween as between the poles, but in this last riffle the slats should 
be laid crosswise of the box, instead of lengthwise. 

For coarse gold the sluice should be given more fall than for 
fine gold, but the average grade or fall is about one foot in ten. 

The sluice box and riffles constructed, the water is then to be 
turned on and the pay dirt shoveled in. In throwing aside the 
big boulders and rocks, care should be taken to see that they are 
washed clean, for they may have much gold on them. The riffles 
should be carefully watched, and cleaned as often as they fill. 
The gold pan will be used to separate and clean the gold, and a 
box is needed about two feet square and ten inches deep, with flar- 
ing sides, in which to wash out the pan. 

This is about the best practical method that has been used in the 
Yukon, and has brought the best results. The rocker is but lit- 
tle used, and only on the bars, and they are not constructed ac- 
cording to any uniform plan. 



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STEWART RIVER. 



From the Pelly river down, the mountains become higher and 
closer down to the river; at some places thebluflfs rising four hun- 
dred to five hundred feet high. 

The Stewart river enters the Yukon from the east, about one 
hundred and six miles below the Pelly. Its mouth is obscured 
by a number of islands as shown on the chart, and it is not an un- 
common thing for navigators to pass by without observing it. 
The approach to the Stewart will be detected by the confluence of 
the White river which enters the Yukon from the west about ten 
miles above the Stewart. It is a large river having an eight or 
ten mile current, which discharges it into the Yukon with such 
force that its murky waters are projected almost across the main 
river, while the roar of it can be heard for some distance. 

After passing the White river the course for entering the Stewart 
is to the right of the chain of islands, as shown on the chart. At 
reasonably high water the boat may be taken behind the first 
island as well as the others, but generally the course is to the left 
of the first island, turning in behind the others. 

The Stewart river will undoubtedly furnish good diggings for 
prospectors. For years past gold has been taken from its bars, 
and some of its numerous tributaries have been prospected, show- 
ing good results. 

INDIAN RIVER. 



From the Stewart river down, the Yukon contains numerous is- 
lands and sand bars. Some of the islands are large, and all of 
them are covered with timber. About thirty-eight miles down, 
Indian river enters from the east. This is a small stream, and 
not navigable for boats, on account of the swift current, and rocks 
in the channel. It has been worked for years, and much gold has 
been taken from it and its tributaries; mining having been done 
on it for two years before the discovery of the Klondike. 

Joe lyaDue's sawmill and trading post is on an island opposite 
the mouth of Sixty Mile creek, about eighteen miles above Indian 
river. 



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Klondike Prospector's Outfitting Agency 

J. S. SALLEE, MANAGER 

While Seattle is prepared to handle the immense prospector's 
ontfitting trade anticipated during the spring and summer of 
1898, it is admitted that the LEADING OUTFITTING HOUSES 
will be taxed to their full capacity when the rush comes. 
Some purchasers will have to wait. 

OUR CUSTOMERS WILL GET PROMPT SERVICE 

... WHAT THIS COMPANY WILL DO ... 

This company will place your orders for outfits and insure you 
prompt service, and will guarantee the reliability and trust- 
worthyness of the outfitting houses. Have us list you at 
once. The charge fir this service will be $1.00. 

The manager of this company is an old Yukoner, and has 
been a resident of Seattle for more than fifteen years. He 
knows what to get and where to get it to the best advantage, 
and what the conditions are in the interior. 

• • • • 

We are agents for the KLONDIKE SECTIONAL BOAT adver- 
tised elsewhere in this book. This is the only practical Yukon 
boat made, and the demand for it will be away ahead of the 
supply. 

ORDERS THROUGH US FOR IT WILL BE PROMPTLY FILLED 

Under arrangements which we have with the Chilkoot Rail- 
way and Transport Company we are prepared to sell this boat 
delivered at Crater Lake. 

Boats will be reserved upon deposit of $25.00, which may be 
sent without risk to you, by making your draft payable to the 
Puget Sound National Bank, Seattle. 



REFERENCES, BY PERMISSION: 

Hon. T. J. Humes, Mayor of Seattle. Erastus Brainard, Secretary Chamber of 

Puget Sound National Bank. Commerce Committee. 



KLONDIKE PROSPECTOR'S OUTFITTING AGENCY 

J. S. Sallee, Manager. 

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DAWSON CITY AND KLONDIKE RIVER. 



The Klondike river, prior to the gold discoveries on it last year, 
was looked upon as the principal salmon stream along the Yukon, 
and is described as such in the early guides. Since that time its 
history has become well known. Formerly an Indian settlement 
at its mouth was the only thing to particularl)^ characterize the 
stream, they being there because the river teemed with salmon. 
At the mouth of it, and across it from the Indian settlement, is the 
now thriving city of Dawson. 

Among the tributaries of the Klondike are Bear creek, Hunker 
creek and Bonanza creek, the latter having as one of its tributaries 
the famous Eldorado creek. A good general idea of the district 
may be had from the chart published in this book. 

The site of Dawson City is on a level plateau on the east bank 
of the Yukon, with a fine view of the great river. This plateau 
is covered with a coating of moss to a depth of twelve or fourteen 
inches, while below it is perpetual frozen earth. In summer, the 
warm rays of an almost continuous sun thaw out this moss and 
transform it into a wet, spongy mass on which the mosquitoes and 
gnats swarm in countless numbers, and which is the chief cause 
of the unhealthy condition of the country. 

WINTER ON THE KLONDIKE tltZZ^Z^Z 

Matter with you. You will find the best assortment, and the best and 
most complete place to buy, at the 

PosTOFFiCE News Stand 

C. G. OYSTEN, Proprietor 

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 



The Klondike Prospector's Outfitting Agency 

SEATTLE 

will reserve you a Klondike Sectional Boat upon receipt of draft for $25.00, payable to the 
Puget Sound National Bank, Seattle. 



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GENERAL CONDITIONS. 

From the observations of temperature and climatic conditions 
made in the Yukon country during the years 1895 ^"^ 1896, by 
Mr. William Ogilvie, Dominion surveyor, we make the following 
extracts : 

During the months of July and August, 1896, the highest tem- 
perature recorded was 81 degrees; the lowest, 27.2 degrees. Dur- 
ing the two months it rained on 1 1 days. 

During the months of December, 1895, and January, February 
and March, 1896, the highest temperature recorded was 40 degrees 
above; the lowest, 68 degrees below zero. During these months 
it snowed on 15 days. 

The conditions prevent its being anything of an agricultural 
country, but some of the common garden produce, such as rad- 
ishes, lettuce, small cabbages, small turnips, etc., may be success- 
fully grown. 

The great pest of the country are mosquitoes. During the 
summer months, and until September, they are a veritable plague. 
Neither smoke nor fire seem to affect them, and the only way to 
escape them is to cover one's self with mosquito netting. 

NAVIGATION ON THE YUKON. 

The upper Yukon is open to navigation from Maj'^ until about 
the middle of October. At the mouth it is not open until July, 
and does not last later than about the first of October. 

It takes the river steamers about twenty days to run up the 
river to Dawson City. The lower waters of the river spread out 
over what is known as the Yukon flats, and there is more or less 
trouble in navigating the river here, the difficulty being enhanced 
by the bars at the mouth of the river, where the channel frequently 
changes. 

THE OCEAN ROUTE. 



The ocean, or all- water route, is by water to the mouth of the 
Yukon and on up the river. It is about three thousand five hun- 
dred miles from Seattle to St. Michael island, and from there 



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WASHINGTON WOOLEN MILL CO. 




MANUFACTURERS OF 



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FOR THE YUKON MINERS 



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about one thousand eight hundred miles up the Yukon to Dawson 
City. Tliere are a number of lines operating on this route now 
and others contemplated. 

GAME. 



As might be expected, the Yukon basin is a fine game country. 
Moose, bear, caribou and small game abound in the upper part, 
particularly. Along White river the moose attains a greater size 
than in any other part of the continent. 

The habits of both the caribou and moose are such that they 
cannot be relied on as a source of food supply. In the summertime 
they may be found in herds on the headwaters of the Pelly and 
Stewart rivers, and also on the headwaters of the Tanana. The 
Arctic hare abounds in the winter along the rivers. 



OFFICERS DIRECTORS 

JACOB FURTH ----- President E. C. Neufelder J, R. Hayden 

E. C. NEUFELDER - - - Vice-President S. Frauenthal 

R. V. ANKENY ----- - Cashier Jacob Furtli Sigmond Schwabacher 



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GOLD DUST BOUGHT— We have a competent assayer in our employ and make 
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Dust may be shipped to us for transmission to the mint. 

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YOU KLONDIKERS 



\hnU URIPY Knows liow to put up YOUR 
JHUlV nHLCl OUTFIT, and the class of 
goods you need. Call and see us. 



Seattle Grocery Co. 



900 SECOND AVENUE 
SEATTLE. WASHINGTON 



SPECIALTIES IN 

HIGH GRADE 

Alaska Outfitting 

DinnocK, Bemnett &- Co. 

SEATTLE, WASH. 

708 FIRST AVENUE SULLIVAN BUILDING 



The Klondike Prospector's Outfitting Agency 

SEATTLE 

Will reserve you a Klondike Sectional Boat upon receipt of draft for|25.oo, payable to 
the Puget Sound National Bank, Seattle. 



76 

REGULATIONS GOVERNING PLACER MINING ALONG 

THE YUKON RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES IN THE 

NORTHWEST TERRITORY. 



{Approved by Order in Council No. 1189, of 21st May, 1897, as amended.) 
INTERPRETATION. 

" Bar diggings " shall mean any part of a river over which the water ex- 
tends, when the water is in its flooded state, and which is not covered at 
low water. 

Mines on benches shall be known as " bench diggings " and shall for the 
purpose of defining the size of such claims be excepted from dry diggings. 

" Dry diggings " shall mean any mine over which a river never extends. 

" Miner" shall mean male or female over, the age of eighteen, but not 
under that age. 

" Claim " shall mean the personal right of property in a placer mine or 
diggings during the time for which the grant of such mine or diggings is 
made. 

" Legal post " shall mean a stake standing not less than four feet above 
the ground and squared on four sides for at least one foot from the top. 
Both sides so squared shall measure at least four inches across the face. It 
shall also mean any stump or tree cut off and squared or faced to the above 
height and size. 

" Close season " shall mean the period of th<; year during which placer 
mining is generally suspended. The period to be fixed by the Gold Com- 
missioner in whose district the claim is situated. 

'• Locality" shall mean the territory along a river (tributary of the Yu- 
kon River) and its affluents. 

"Mineral " shall include all minerals whatsoever, other than coal. 

NATURE AND SIZE OF CLAIMS. 

1. "Bar diggings," a strip of land loo feet wide at high water mark, and 
thence extending into the river to its lowest water level. 

2. The sides of a claim for bar diggings shall be two parallel lines run 
as nearly as possible at right angles to the stream, and shall be marked by 
four legal posts, one at each end of the claim at or about high-water mark, 
also one at each end of the claim at or about the edge of the water. One of 
the posts at high-water mark shall be legibly marked with the name of the 
miner and the date upon which the claim was staked. 

3. Dry diggings shall be 100 feet square and shall have placed at each 
of its four corners a legal post, upon one of which shall be legibly marked 
the name of the miner and the date upon which the claim was staked. 

4. Creek and river claims shall be 500 feet long, measured in the direc- 
tion of the general course, of the stream, and shall extend in width from 
base to base of the hill or bench on each side; but when the hills or benches 
are less than 100 feet apart, the claim may be 100 feet in depth. The sides 



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....PUBLISHED AT.... 
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in the publication of Reliable Alaska News. It is pub- 
lished at the first American port of call for all steamers 
coming from Alaska, and it Tells the Truth about the 
Great Gold Fields. 

The Morning Leader maintains a Bureau of Information 

ABOUT THE 

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COUNTRY Telling WHEN, WHERE and 
HOW TO GO 

ADDRESS INQUIRIES TO 

J. WILL LYSONS, Managing Editor 

Port Townsend, Washington 



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of a claim shall be two parallel lines run as nearly as possible at right 
angles to the stream. The sides shall be marked with legal posts at or 
about the edge of the water and at the rear boundaries of the claim. One 
of the legal posts at the stream shall be legibly marked with the name of 
the miner and the date upon which the claim was staked. 

5. A bench claim shall be 100 feet square, and shall have placed at each 
of its four corners a legal post upon which shall be legibly marked the 
name of the miner and the date upon which the claim was staked. 

6. Entry shall only be granted for alternate claims, the other alternate 
claims being reserved for the Crown to be disposed of at public auction, or 
in such manner as may be decided by the Minister of the Interior. 

The penalty for trespassing upon a claim reserved for the Crown shall 
be immediate cancellation by the Gold Commissioner of any entry or 
entries which the person trespassing may have obtained, whether by origi- 
nal entry or purchase, for a mining claim, and the refusal by the Gold Com- 
missioner of the acceptance of any application which the person trespassing 
may at any time make for a claim. In addition to such penalty, the 
Mounted Police, upon a requisition from the Gold Commissioner to that 
effect, shall take the necessary steps to eject the trespasser. 

7. In defining the size of claims they shall be measured horizontally ir- 
respective of inequalities on the surface of the ground. 

8. If any person or persons shall discover a new mine and such dis- 
covery shall be established to the satisfaction of the Gold Commissioner 
a creek and river claim 750 feet in length may be granted. 

A new stratum of auriferous earth or gravel situated in a locality where 
the claims are abandoned shall for this purpose be deemed a new mine, 
although, the same locality shall have been previously worked at a differ- 
ent level. 

9. A claim shall be recorded with the Gold Commissioner in whose dis- 
trict it is situated within three days after the location thereof if it is located 
within ten miles of the Commissioner's office. One extra day shall be al- 
lowed for making such record for every additional ten miles or fraction 
thereof. 

10. An entrj' fee of $15.00 shall be charged the first year, and an annual 
fee of $100.00 for each of the following years. The provisions shall apply 
to locations for which entries have already been granted. 

11. A royalty of ten per cent, on the gold mined shall be levied and 
collected by officers to be appointed for the purpose, provided the amount 
so mined and taken from a single claim does not exceed five hundred dol- 
lars per week. In case the amount mined and taken from any single claim 
exceeds five hundred dollars per week, there shall be levied and collected 
a royalty of ten per cent, upon the amount so taken out up to five hundred 
dollars, and upon the excess, or amount taken from any single claim over 
five hundred dollars per week, there shall be levied and collected a royalty 
of twenty per cent., such royalty to form part of the Consolidated Revenue^ 
and to be accounted for by the officers who collect the same in due course. 
The time and manner in which such royalty shall be collected, and the 



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CHARLES ARMSTRONG R. J. REEKIE £. C. NEUFELDER 

President and Manager Secretary and Treasurer Vice-President 

The Seahle Transfer Co. 

(incorporated 1888) 

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 

OTfinipr rnn l^inNnil^PR^ Peopleenroutefor the gold fields can secure 
OlUnHUL run f\LUtlUI>\LnO low rates of storage for surplus baggage 
which it is desirable to leave behind. 



We will issue warehouse receipts and hold your baggage for you for any period 
up to three years, as you may desire. 

We are fully equipped to handle all kinds of hauling, passengers, baggage, 
freight, machinery and household goods, also keep a boarding stable. We are the 
only company in our line that keeps open night and day, and every day in the year. 
Our services can be had at any time by simply telephoning your order. Our mes- 
sengers are on all important trains and boats, we are the only Transfer Company 
in Seattle that is recognized as such by the transportation companies. 

Cartage business of merchants and distribution of car load lots 
for foreign merchants a specialty. 

CITY OFFICE: CARRIAGE AND BAGGAGE BUSINESS, 214 CHERRY ST. 

TELEPHONE MAIN 41 

GENERAL OFFICE: FREIGHT, HEAVY TEAMING, COAL, ETC., S. SECOND AND WELLER 

TELEPHONE MAIN 46 

KLONDIKE CLOTHING 

Klondike Clothing, Underwear, Fur 
Robes, Rubber Coats, Blankets, Klon- 



dike Sweaters, Caps, etc. 
WE 5ELL RELIrtPLE Q00b5 ONLY-NO 5H0bbT 

E. W. NEWHALL & CO. 

COR. SECOND AYE. AND MADISON ST. SEATTLE, WASH. 

Of Alaska ancl Northwest Territory : latest, best and most complete issued; 
finely lithofiraphed, colored, 24x36 inches; ^hows also large scale drawings 
of the lake routes, via both Dyea and Skag:uay, and enlarged drawings of 
Klondike rngioii, Munook Creek, Birch Creek and Cook Inlet. Price, pos- 
tage free, 35 cents. 

0. p. ANDERSON MAP AND BLUE PRINT CO. 

ENGINEERS AND DRAUGHTSMEN 

OCCIDENTAL BLOCK SEATTLE, U. S. A. 



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persons who shall collect the same, shall be provided for by regulations to 
be made by the Gold Commissioner. 

Default in payment of such royalty, if continued for ten days after notice 
has been posted upon the claim in respect of which it is demanded, or in 
the vicinity of such claim, by the Gold Commissioner or his agent, shall be 
followed by cancellation of his claim. Any attempt to defraud the Crown 
by withholding any part of the revenue thus provided for, by making false 
statements of the amount taken out, shall be punished by cancellation 
of the claim in respect of which fraud or false statements have been com- 
mitted or made. In respect of the facts as to such fraud or false statements 
or non-payment of royalty, the decision of the Gold Commissioner shall be 
final. 

12. The entry of every holder of a grant for placer mining must be re- 
newed and his receipt relinquished and replaced every year, the entry fee 
being paid each time. 

13. No miner shall receive a grant of more than one mining claim in 
the same locality, but the same miner may hold any number of claims by 
purchase, and any number of miners may unite to work their claims in 
common upon such terms as they may arrange, provided such agreement 
be registered with the Gold Commissioner and a fee of five dollars paid for 
such registration. 

14. Every miner shall, during the continuance of his grant, have the 
exclusive right of entry upon his own claim, for the miner-like working 
thereof, and the construction of a residence thereon, and shall be entitled 
exclusively to all the proceeds realized therefrom, but he shall have no sur- 
face rights therein; and the Gold Commissioner may grant to the holders 
of adjacent claims such right of entry thereon as may be absolutely neces- 
sary for the working of their claims, upon such terms as may to him seem 
reasonable. He may also grant permits to miners to cut timber thereon 
for their own use, upon payment of the dues prescribed by the regulations 
in that behalf. 

15. Every miner shall be entitled to the use of so much of the water 
naturally flowing through or past his claim, and not already lawfully ap- 
propriated, as shall, in the opinion of the Gold Commissioner, be necessary 
for the due work thereof, and shall be entitled to drain his own claim free 
of charge. 

16. A claim shall be deemed to be abandoned and open to occupation 
and entry by any person when the same shall have remained unworked on 
working days by the grantee thereof or by some person on his behalf for 
the space of seventy-two hours (three consecutive days), unless sickness or 
other reasonable cause be shown to the satisfaction of the Gold Commis- 
sioner or unless the grantee is absent on leave given by the Commissioner; 
and the Gold Commissioner, upon obtaining evidence satisfactory to him- 
self that this provision is not being complied with, may cancel the entry 
given for a claim. 



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TO THK KLONDIKB 
^he ^ukon Cotnt>any 

A Washington corporation, with a capital of $10,000,000 olfers to sell 
passage from Seattle to Dawson City and the Alaska Gold Fields for the 
season of 1898. 

The company will have three large, new, fast steamships, running from 
Seattle to St. Michaels. At St. Michaels they will connect with large, 
fast and commodious river steamers, equal to the largest and finest on the 
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers These vessels will be first class, with every 
modern convenience for comfort. The company guarantees a comfort- 
able, safe passage from Seattle to Dawson City in 20 days. 

FARE, I500, including meals, berths, and the transportation of an 
outfit for each passenger, not exceeding one ton of 2,000 pounds. 

B}' this line the trip can be made with comfort in about one-half the 
time now required and at one-half the expense. The steamships are now 
building at Roch's ship yard, Chester, Pa., and will be ready at the open- 
ing of navigation in the spring of 1898. There will be a great rush. The 
carrying capacity of the steamships and boats is limited. It is important 
that those desiring to avail themselves of this line, thus insiiring their 
reaching the gold fields promptly, should apply at once. Passengers will 
be booked in the order their tickets are purchased, and these sales will be 
discontinued as soon as the ships are filled. 

A complete detailed list of an outfit of provisions, clothing, tools, 
medicines, &c., will be furnished on application at any agency. This 
outfit can be purchased in any eastern city of the United States or at Seattle, 
Wash. Passengers should have their outfits plainly marked with their 
names and destination, and should specify "via THE YUKON COM- 
PANY," Seattle, Wash. The company only undertakes to transport pas- 
sengers and outfits from Seattle. It is 2,700 miles by sea from Seattle to vSt. 
Michaels, and 1,600 miles by river from St. Michaels to Dawson City. 

Tickets are now on sale at the following places:— 

JOHN D. ARMSTRONG & CO, Bankers, 

Pittsburg, Pa. 
F. E. SCOTT, Auditorium Hotel, 

Chicago, 111. 

Also by all responsible Ticket Agents throughout the United States; 
at the office of the General Agent, 807, 808, 809, Betz Building, Philadel- 
phia; office of the Vice-President, German National Bank Building, Pitts- 
burg, Pa., or at the office of the company, Seattle Wash. 

RETBRBNCES 

AIORAN BROTHERS COMPANY, Ship mil FIRST NATIONAL BANK, .Seattle. Wash. 

Sleaiiiboal Buikleis, Seattle, Wash. PUGET SOUND NATIONAL BANK, Seattle, 

WASHINGTON NATIONAL BANK, Seattle, Wash 

^Vash. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, Seattle, 

BOSTON NATIONAL BANK. Seattle. Wash, Wash 

SEATTLE NATIONAL BANK, Seattle, Wasli. DFXTKR HORTON & COMPANY, Bankers, 

THK GERMAN NATIONAL HANK. Pittsliuis, Seattle, Wash. 

ra- THE (H'AKER CITY NATIONAL BANK, 

ROACH'S SHIPYARD, Chester, Pa. Philadelphia, Pa. 

Call upon or write to the (jeiieral Agent, The Yukon Oimpany, SOT, 808, 809 Betz Building, 
Philadelphia, Pa., for lull i.arliculais, or the Secretary of The Yukon Company, 228 Burke HUlg.. 
Seattle, Wasli. " "^ " ' 



GOING TO KLONDIKE ? 



..IF SO, USE THE... 



NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY 

TO THE PACIFIC COAST. 

For full information in regard to Alaska steamer sailings and 
reservations of space, call on or address either of the following : 



GENERAL AND DISTRICT PASSENGER AGENTS. 

F. A. GROSS, District Passenger Agent 230 Washington St., Boston, Mass. 

THOS. HENRY, Canadian Passenger and Freight Agent 128 St. James St., Montreal, Quebec- 

J. H. ROGERS, Jk., District Passenger Agent -17 South Thii-d St., Philadelphia, Pa. 

WM. G. MASON, District Passenger Agent 21.') EUicott Square, Buffalo, N. Y. 

CHAS. E. JOHNSON, District Passenger Agent S17 Carnegie Building, Pittsburg, Pa. 

W. H. W'HITAKER, District Passenger Agent 153 Jefferson Ave., Detroit Mich . 

J. J. FERRY, District Passenger Agent 32 Carew Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. 

JNO. E. TURNER, District Passenger Agent 42 Jackson Place, Indianapolis, Ind. 

C. C. MORDOUGH, District Passenger Agent 3; 7 Broadway, Milwaukee, Wis. 

P. H. NOEL, District Passenger Agent, 210 Commercial Building, St. Louis, Mo. 

GEO. W. JONES, District Passenger Agent 503 W. Locust St., Des Moines, Iowa. 

GEO. W. McCASKEY, District Passengei Agent 83 York St., Toronto, Canada. 

\V. F. MERSHON, General Agent Passenger Department 319 Broadway, New York City. 

F. H. FOGARTY, General Agent 2ns S.Clark St.. Chicago, 111. 

R. A. EVA, General Agent Duluth,Minn. 

F. C. JACKSON, Assistant General Agent West Superior, Wis. 

H. SWINFORD, General Agent Winnipeg, Man . 

A . D. EDGAR, General Agent Helena, Mon . 

W. M. TUOHY. General Agent Butte, Mon . 

F. D. GIBBS, General Agent Spokane, Wash . 

I. A. NADEAU, A. TINLING, A. D. CHARLTON, 

General"Ac;ent, General Agent, Ass't. Gen. Pass. Agent, 

Seattle, Wash. Tacoma, Wash. Portland, Ore. 

CHAS. S. FEE, J. M. HANNAFORD, 

Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, General Traffic Manager. 

St. Paul, Minn. St. Paul, Minn. 



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